Solutions - Deceleration (Page 2)

Is ‘Cool Pavement’ … Cool? Pedestrians & Bicyclists May Not Think So

Deceleration measured heat at one location and found reflected heat from the street was worse at the cool pavement location

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Oct 2024

Is ‘Cool Pavement’ … Cool? Pedestrians & Bicyclists May Not Think So

‘Extreme Weather Survivors’: The Women Trying to Humanize the Climate Crisis

“I want a safe world for my baby and all of our babies and all of our kids that have, through no fault of their own, inherited a giant problem.”

By The 19th

/ 4 Oct 2024

‘Extreme Weather Survivors’: The Women Trying to Humanize the Climate Crisis

‘I Dreamed I Was Replacing People’s Air Conditioners’: Speaking with Heat Pump Promotora Debbie Ponce

A new grassroots project pools funds, time, and working class know-how to install high-efficiency mini split air conditioning units in the hottest homes on San Antonio’s Southwest side.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 20 Sep 2024

‘I Dreamed I Was Replacing People’s Air Conditioners’: Speaking with Heat Pump Promotora Debbie Ponce

WILD12: How the Hé Sapa Resolution Could Help ‘Indigenize’ Global Wilderness Conservation

“All relevant institutions [must] actively promote wilderness policy that acknowledges that nature is multi-dimensional, transcending the material and physical realms; and use language that honors the rights and roles of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Systems, natural and custom

By Greg Harman

/ 19 Sep 2024

WILD12: How the Hé Sapa Resolution Could Help ‘Indigenize’ Global Wilderness Conservation

WILD12: It’s Time to Step Up to Protect the Legal Rights of Nature, Panelists Say

Attendees encouraged to advance legal claims in defense of all life on Earth. “There is no time to equivocate,” says Ponca Nation environmental justice leader.

By Greg Harman

/ 30 Aug 2024

WILD12: It’s Time to Step Up to Protect the Legal Rights of Nature, Panelists Say

WILD12: Buffalo are Center of Restoration Efforts from the Black Hills to the Texas Plains

“If you see this animal like your grandma, how would you treat it versus just something in the wild?” asked Tatewin Means, executive director of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation.

By James Courtney

/ 29 Aug 2024

WILD12: Buffalo are Center of Restoration Efforts from the Black Hills to the Texas Plains

WILD12: ‘Land Back’ at the Center of Debates Over How to Preserve the Biosphere

Indigenous peoples face promise—and potential perils—in the struggle for wilderness conservation.

By Greg Harman

/ 27 Aug 2024

WILD12: ‘Land Back’ at the Center of Debates Over How to Preserve the Biosphere

WILD12: Humanity Must Choose a New Path to Avoid Rapid Ecological Breakdown, Lakota Spiritual Leader Says

“Either we face a lot of chaos, global disasters, tears from our relatives’ eyes … or we come together [and] unite as people of the world,” Arvol Looking Horse said.

By Greg Harman

/ 26 Aug 2024

WILD12: Humanity Must Choose a New Path to Avoid Rapid Ecological Breakdown, Lakota Spiritual Leader Says

How Not to Get ‘Cooked’: Chicago Heat Wave Doc Provides Health Lessons for Overheating ‘Hoods

A review of lessons learned about heat since the ‘90s; Plus! A guide to heat-busting efforts happening now in San Antonio, Texas

By Marisol Cortez

/ 18 Jul 2024

How Not to Get ‘Cooked’: Chicago Heat Wave Doc Provides Health Lessons for Overheating ‘Hoods

Native Languages are Founts of Environmental Knowledge

Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity.

By Knowable Magazine

/ 18 Jun 2024

Native Languages are Founts of Environmental Knowledge

Mexico’s Fight to Protect its Corn Varieties From GMO ‘Wild West’ Gets a Boost

North American orgs have sided with Mexico in trade dispute that challenges Mexico’s right to limit genetically modified (GM) corn and glyphosate and protect a deep cultural and religious legacy.

By The New Lede

/ 1 May 2024

Mexico’s Fight to Protect its Corn Varieties From GMO ‘Wild West’ Gets a Boost

A ‘Net-Zero’ World Is Not Sustainable—Necessarily

Focusing too tightly on emissions reduction can keep governments and grassroots movements from dealing with the actual sources of environmental decay.

By Undark

/ 20 Apr 2024

A ‘Net-Zero’ World Is Not Sustainable—Necessarily